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Pradhan inaugurates ONGC CSR project to promote organic farming
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 24 (ANI): Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated a Centre for Agricultural Research and Training in Telangana on Sunday for imparting training to farmers in organic farming using the latest
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Centre trying to create artificial scarcity of urea in Congress-ruled stat
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 23 (ANI): The central government is trying to create an artificial scarcity of urea in Congress-ruled states, alleged senior party leader Ahmed Patel on Sunday.
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Jharkhand farmers to get Rs 5000 per acre for kharif crops
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Ranchi, Dec 21 (ANI) Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday announced that the state government would be giving Rs 5000 on per acre of land to farmers for the Kharif crops.
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Maharashtra: Cabinet approves 150 cr relief to onion farmers
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): The Maharashtra cabinet has approved Rs 150 crore as relief to onion farmers who had to sell their produce at low prices.
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Complete loan waiver can only give relief to farmers in C'garh: Ajit Jogi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Dec 20 (ANI): Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi said on Wednesday that in order to give actual relief to the loan indebted farmers the newly formed Congress government should work for complete loan waiver for farmers in the state.
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Kumaraswamy unwilling to talk on farmers' issue: BS Yeddyurappa
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Dec 20 (ANI): After Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) staged a protest in the Karnataka assembly over the farm loan waiver issue, state BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa said that Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy wasn't ready to reply on the issue while seeking his apology fo
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Chhattisgarh CM promises to hold dialogue with stakeholders to end Naxalis
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Newly-elected Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel has promised to hold a dialogue on Naxalism with various stakeholders including journalists, intellectuals and soldiers posted in the affected areas in the state, since it is a socio-poli
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Assam govt to repay 25% of farmers' loans
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the state cabinet will provide 25 per cent of loan amount upto Rs 25,000.
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Odisha BJP chief demands loan waiver for 'distressed' farmers
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], Dec 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Basant Panda on Tuesday demanded farmers' loans to be waived off. He also announced that they will hold a protest on January 8 for the same.
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Cyclone Phethai: 5602 farmers affected, 37 houses damaged
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 18 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said a total of 5602 farmers have been affected, 37 houses damaged so far due to the cyclonic storm 'Phethai.'
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Won't let PM sleep until he waives off farmers loan: Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 18 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday vociferously said that he won't let Prime Minister Narendra Modi sleep until the farmers' loans are waived off.
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Chhattisgarh CM announces farm loan waiver
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Dec 18 (ANI): Soon after taking charge as Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Bhupesh Baghel on Monday announced that his government will waive farm loans within 10 days as promised by Congress president Rahul Gandhi during campaigning of recently-concluded stat
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